Differentiation of typical absence seizures in epileptic syndromes: A VIDEO eeg STUDY of 224 SEIZURES in 20 patients

Brain

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 1039-1056

  Panayiotopoulos, C P ^a   Obeid, T ^a   Waheed, G ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPEECH;

ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMAN; TELEVISION;

EID: 0024380288     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/112.4.1039     Document Type: Article

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